Wellbeing Mentor (2 roles)
Hours; Full time, term time (37hrs per week, 38 weeks worked)
Duration; Permanent
Salary; £24,873 (£21,046.38 pro-rata) per annum + benefits
Location; Rotherham College, Rotherham
About the Role
In this rewarding role you will act as an Emotional Available Adult (EAA) for our learners. By providing mentoring and coaching to ensure vulnerable students have a high-quality experience in college, are fully included in the College community and are not disadvantaged in comparison to their peers. You will build solid working alliances, to provide psychological safety to our learners.
As a Wellbeing Mentor you will support students who present with mental health and wellbeing issues, including signposting or referral to support. You will develop relationships which allow learners to have access to an emotionally available adult and deliver Trauma Informed Practice, working with the learners to develop skills and techniques to manage behaviour and allow engagement in learning.
In it so important to offer effective support to transition new students, and retain students throughout the academic year, working closely with academic teaching staff who make referrals for their learners to ensure the best opportunities are available for all of our learners to succeed.
You will...
You will have experience within education, in a support, mentor or counselling role working with young adults.
You will have a Level 2 Guidance/Counselling qualification and hold a Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification in English and Maths (or be willing to undertake). It would be advantageous to hold a Level 3 Safeguarding qualification also.
Department Info
The role reports to the Student Support Team Leader, working alongside Student Support and Curriculum colleagues.
Our excellent benefits and rewards package:
- Access to local government pensions scheme
- Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
- Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including inhouse Occupational Health service
- Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
- Parking available at all of our sites
- Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
- New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
- Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth by to £200 per referral made
What is the RNN Group?
RNN Group's main goal is to be an ‘outstanding' education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too;
- We are Inclusive,
- We have Integrity,
- We Deliver,
- We are One Team.
We are OFSTED ‘Good' (November 2022)
We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model. This means that you'd be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme.
The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.
All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.
Closing date: Monday 12 August 2024 at 12:00 Noon – if you are shortlisted for this post you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.
If you require further information about this vacancy please contact the HR department on or [email protected]